1.
GV ZOOM INTO CU... THE RED CROSS.
0.05

2.
GTV PAN... THE EXHIBITION.
0.11

3.
SV PAN... POSTERS AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHERS.
0.18

4.
SV PAN... DITTO BARBED WIRE IN THE F/G.
0.24

5.
SV PEOPLE LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHERS.
0.28

6.
CU's PHOTOGRAPHERS DEPICTING THE WORK AND SERVICES OF THE RED CROSS (4 SHOTS).
0.36

7.
CU ZOOM OUT FROM STILL OF SOLDIERS.
0.41

8.
SCU PAN... MODERN POSTERS.
0.46

9.
LV AMBULANCE.
0.47

10.
SV GERMAN RED CROSS AMBULANCE.
0.50

11.
SV PAN TO CU... RED RESCUE DINGHY PAN TO LIFEBOUYS.
0.56

12.
CU ZOOM OUT TO GV... DOLLS DRESSED IN THE RED CROSS UNIFORM.
1.00

13.
CU DOLL.
1.01

14.
LV PEOPLE WALKING ROUND THE EXHIBITION.
1.05

15.
CU PAN... PHOTOGRAPH OF CHILDREN FACES FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
1.11

16.
GV RED CROSS POSTERS.
1.13

17.
CU PHOTOGRAPH OF HAND.
1.16

18.
CU ZOOM OUT TO SCU... MEDALLION WITH THE HEAD OF HENRY DUNANT.
1.21



Initials JNT/S/MGT/LW



Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

Background: THE INTERNATIONAL CENTENARY EXHIBITION OF THE RED CROSS ORGANISATION OPENED IN GENEVA TODAY (THURSDAY) AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15.

ITS SECTIONS INCLUDE ONE DEVOTED TO RED CROSS HISTORY, ONE EXPLAINING THE ORGANISATION OF THE RED CROSS, THE OTHERS DEAL WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANISATION, SUCH AS PUBLIC HEALTH, DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

A COMMITTEE WHICH WAS TO BECOME THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS WAS ESTABLISHED BY FOUR CITIZENS OF GENEVA IN 1863.THEY DREW ON THE EXPERIENCES OF HENRY DUNANT WHO SUGGESTED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIEF SOCIETIES AFTER BEING DISTRESSED AT THE SIGHT OF WOUNDED LEFT ABANDONED IN A WAR HE OBSERVED IN EUROPE IN 1859.THUS WAS BORN THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS, A WORLD WIDE MOVEMENT OF 87 NATIONAL SOCIETIES AND 153 MILLION MEMBERS.

THERE ARE SEVEN RED CROSS PRINCIPLES: HUMANITY, IMPARTIALITY, NEUTRALITY, INDEPENDENCE, VOLUNTARY SERVICE, UNITY AND UNIVERSALITY.